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Coin of Apamea with bust of Gordian III
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Apamea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 38 mm. Weight: 27.31 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1505
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, and cuirassed, to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At right, chest or ark with open lid. Within, draped man and woman looking left. At left same (?) two figures standing front. Above them dove flies right carrying olive branch. Another bird sits on lid of chest.
Inscriptions in Greek on chest, around, and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At right, chest or ark with open lid. Within, draped man and woman looking left. At left same (?) two figures standing front. Above them dove flies right carrying olive branch. Another bird sits on lid of chest.
Inscriptions in Greek on chest, around, and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., October 17, 1963